Natalie Santizo

Education:

B.A., Psychology and Sociology, University of Southern California; M.S., Justice Studies, Arizona State University; Ph.D., Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Dissertation:

Critical Latinx Foodways: Racial Formation, Regional Identity, and Placemaking in the San Gabriel Valley, 1900-1968

Thesis Advisor:

Genevieve Carpio, Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles

Research Topic:

Developing a critical foodways lens in historical and contemporary investigations of identity, placemaking, and survival of Latinx people. My project, Critical Latinx Foodways: Food Politics, Race, and History in Southern California, 1900-2020, argues that historical and contemporary struggles of food workers are vital to our understanding of placemaking and survival of Latinx populations. I do so by focusing on food laborers and vendors that shape the places they work (labor), live in (placemaking), and their movement across regional boundaries (mobility).

Mentor:

Mario Sifuentez, Professor of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, University of California, Merced

Current Position:

President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, University of California, Merced

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